Easily. I’m busy working and don’t enjoy cooking for one on nights my husband works.

If I had to but why would I? I would end up feeling very weak and tired towards the end of the day. Have you ever had to work a 10–12 hour shift with no food? It’s not good.

Anybody could go a day without eating and not die. Even longer.

Why would someone go a day without eating if they didn’t have to? Our bodies need food for energy. Not necessarily a big meal, but something – protein especially. Fiber. Some fruit or a granola bar or some hard boiled eggs.

A diabetic might get shaky from low blood sugar. Diabetics need to eat.

No.
Type 1 diabetic.

I have, because of prepping for a medical procedure. No food for about thirty hours.

Could, but I would have adverse consequences because I am diabetic. When I am sick, I have done, by sleeping the whole time.

I can.

Why can I? Er… I just know from experience that it’s possible.

I’d much rather not, though.

I have to done it, many times. I wouldn’t call it healthy. But. Sometimes, you have to choose between your diet, of a medication, or food of a pet…

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I can, have done it several times.

Sure. I’ve done it more than once for medical procedures. In that case I could drink liquids that had calories, are you only talking about total fast? Just water allowed? I could do it, but why would I? Also, when sick I’ve probably had days I didn’t eat, but still some sort of liquid with some calories in a 24 hour period.

I know some people are doing alternating fast day diets, I’m not sure how strict the fast is? That’s not appealing to me.

It’s easier to fast over night. It’s still 24 hours, but the beginning of the fast is the evening. Like what’s done for Yom Kippur.

@JLeslie. Any 24 hour fast would by definition include a night.

^^Like I said, beginning the fast over night is easier for most people. Then it doesn’t feel like you skipped a meal all day. You eat late day and then start the fast, and then eat late day the next day. Both days you get to eat. If you start a fast in the morning you don’t eat an entire day of waking hours.

Yom Kippur is done sundown to sundown. Colonoscopy preps can be done the same way with an afternoon procedure, much easier in my opinion, but most doctors prefer to work in the morning.

@JLeslie Now I understand what you meant. Makes sense.

^^I worded it poorly originally. You gave me a chance to clarify.

I did that once, involuntarily, when I got food poisoning from a burger at Wendy’s.

Yes. No problem. I’m dead.

Yes I can!!! I only eat 1 meal a day & my normal routine is to eat at the same time every day, so I normally eat once every 24 hours. Now that my body has gotten used to it, I feel stuffed IF I add in an extra feeding!!! On Saturdays when i don’t go into work, I often skip that day’s meal so I go 48 hours before my next meal. Sometimes I’m pretty hungry before I eat again & then other times it doesn’t bother me at all!!!

Easily.
Poor interoception.

@Dutchess_lll What? Are you sick? Starve a fever, feed a cold. Be careful with yourself.

Yes, on days when anxiety is severe and lasts all day, I am able to eat little to nothing.

Nah. I don’t do that to myself. I could, of course. But I wouldn’t even if you paid me quite a bit of money. It’s not worth the horrible day I would have.

Every day when I wake up, I am sluggish, forgetful, and tense. I used to think I was tired, but I’ve started to fix my sleep schedule and actually get enough rest. That way, I found the real problem: I need to eat right after getting up, and it can’t be (only) complex carbs that take forever to work through. Juice or a piece of fruit seem to work best. Within about thirty minutes, I become a capable and happy human again. Juice is relatively expensive and not exactly healthy, but it’s like a magical medicine that keeps me functioning. I think it’s worth it.

Hunger is tricky. An empty stomach sends a clear signal, but it’s easily ignored and will then go away. Only to be replaced by a number of different, more vague signals such as frustration, sadness, stress, fatigue, confusion. Because your powers of reasoning wane, it becomes difficult to make good decisions. If I don’t listen to the first signs of hunger, I am very likely to keep postponing it up to a point where it becomes physically difficult to feed myself. I’m trying hard not to do that anymore.

…frustration, sadness, stress, fatigue, confusion…

Hmmm…I seem to have normalized my body’s secondary signals. :/

@raum I think that happens to so many people. Do you eat regular meals? It can be tricky with busy days.

Only on the weekends when my family is around to remind me. Otherwise, left to my own devices, I usually forget.

I have to leave bananas and granola bars everywhere to remind myself to eat something. :/